The future of OneNote

Posted by NickG
Apr 21, 2018 at 07:25 AM

exatty95 wrote:
I hate to be unduly cynical, but I think that the only stable providers
>of this kind of software are those who either (1) charge enough for it
>(e.g., Evernote), or (2) can monetize it by targeting adds based on your
>content (e.g., Google). Microsoft didn’t seem to be either—maybe it
>was a defensive offering to try and keep people from adopting Google for
>more products? I guess Apple Notes could fit into that lane too,
>although it has users essentially captive in other ways.

Originally it was an attempt to mimic Circus Ponies Notebook/Aquaminds Notetaker (both were offspring of a Next app whose name I can’t remember). I don’t see that Google has anything like this that MS would have had to respond to. I just think that MS is pushing people into the online space as hard as it can